# sag
## Translingual
### Symbol

sag
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sango.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Sango terms

## English
### Etymology 1

From late Middle English saggen, probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”).
Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: săg, IPA: /sæɡ/
* Rhymes: -æɡ
* Audio (UK):(file)

#### Noun

sag (countable and uncountable, plural sags)
* The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
* The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
* The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
* A place where the surface (of a seat, the earth, etc) sinks or droops, like a depression or a dip in a ridge.
** 1905, Louis Valentine Pirsson, Petrography and Geology of the Igneous Rocks of the Highwood ..., page 43:a mass of igneous rock […] shown as a semicircular area of shonkinite exposed in the west wall of the sag. From the valley below, it appears as a dark cliff, perhaps 100 feet in height and a few hundred yards long.
** 2016 March 10, William T. Parry, Geology of Utah's Mountains, Peaks, and Plateaus: Including descriptions of cliffs, valleys, and climate history, FriesenPress, →ISBN:Gunsight Peak north of the sag marks the southern end of the Malad Range that extends into Idaho. Complexly faulted Cambrian and Ordovician shelf sedimentary rocks are present […]

##### Translations
#### Verb

sag (third-person singular simple present sags, present participle sagging, simple past and past participle sagged)
* To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
    A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.
    The floor of a room sags.
    Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.
* (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
    A building may sag one way or another.
    The door sags on its hinges.
** 1890, Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, The Law Reports. Probate Division in the Courts of Probate and Divorce: In the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, and in the Privy Council, from Michaelmas Sittings, 1875, to 1890 (volume 5)
    The weather became more and more threatening; the ship sagged to the leeward more than she ought.
* (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
** c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
* To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
* (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
* (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
* (informal, Canada) To pull down someone else's pants as a prank.

##### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:sag.

##### Derived terms

* sag bag
* sagger
* saggy
* sag off
* sag pond
* sag wagon

##### Translations
#### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “sag”, in Online Etymology Dictionary..

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sag (usually uncountable, plural sags)
* Alternative form of saag
** 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, page 173:The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.

### Anagrams

* AGs, GSA, GAs, AGS, GAS, ags, Gas, ASG, SGA, Ags., gas

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch zacht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saχ/, [säχ], [sɐχ]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

sag (attributive sagte, comparative sagter, superlative sagste)
* soft

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish sak, from Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Swedish sak, Icelandic sök, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Sache.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saːɡ/, [sæːˀj]
* Rhymes: -aːɡ

### Noun

sag c (singular definite sagen, plural indefinite sager)
* matter, affair
    Jeg er ikke bekendt med alle sagens detaljer.
       I am not acquainted with all the details of the matter.
* cause (grand mission)
    Jeg er villig til at dø for sagen.
       I am willing to die for the cause.
* thing
    Jeg går lige ind og pakker mine sager ud.
       I'll go inside and pack out my things.
* case, lawsuit
    Den 27-årige nægtede sig skyldig i spritkørsel, så sagen måtte udsættes.
       The 27-year-old pleaded not guilty to drunk driving, so the case had to be adjourned.
* file
    Jeg tog mine papirer og sager med mig hjem.
       I took my papers and cases home with me.
* food (only in plural)
    Tjeneren var ved at stable en masse lækre sager op på bordet.
       The waiter was stacking a lot of delicious things on the table.

#### Synonyms

* (legal case): retssag

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛaː/
* Homophone: sæð

### Noun

sag f (genitive singular sagar, plural sagir)
* saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal

#### Related terms

* sagarblað
* sagarmaður
* sagartonn

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zaːk/ (standard)
* IPA: /zax/ (northern and central Germany; very common)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːk, -ax

### Verb

sag
* singular imperative of sagen
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of sagen

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From the verb saga (“to saw”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saːɣ/
* Rhymes: -aːɣ

### Noun

sag n (genitive singular sags, no plural)
* sawdust

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* gas

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

#### Noun

sag f or m (definite singular saga or sagen, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)
* (tools) a saw
* sawmill

##### Derived terms

* betongsag
* motorsag
* sagbruk
* sagmugg
* sirkelsag

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sag
* imperative of sage

### References

* “sag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse sǫg.

### Noun

sag f (definite singular saga, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)
* (tools) a saw

#### Derived terms

* betongsag
* motorsag
* sagbruk
* sagmugg
* sirkelsag

### References

* “sag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Latin sagum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sâːɡ/

### Noun

sȃg m (Cyrillic spelling са̑г)
* carpet, rug
    Synonym: tèpih